Fútbol de Primera is an American radio network covering soccer. It is the home of the most exclusive soccer radio rights in the country. It has broadcast the

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since 2002, including the most recent 2022 FIFA World Cup, along with other FIFA tournaments. FDP also broadcasts Mexico's national team games, the

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, and had broadcast the Copa América in 2015 and

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. Fútbol de Primera produces a daily show hosted by Andrés Cantor, which has been running since 1989. Alongside Cantor, the show's personalities are Sammy Sadovnik, Jaime Gallardo, and Rosa Beatriz Sánchez. The show covers a wide range of football highlighting daily events in

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, Latin America, and Europe providing in-depth analysis of the most important headlines of the day. They are the longest-running, nationally syndicated

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radio program in the country and can be heard on 115 affiliated stations in the U.S. and others throughout Central and

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. Additionally, the daily program, as well as game broadcasts can be heard globally on the network's official

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channels. Fútbol de Primera is based in

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, but has offices in

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, and

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. Cantor is also the co-chairman of the network along with Alejandro Gutman.

History

Fútbol de Primera Radio Network was created in August 1989 by Alejandro Gutman taking its first steps in becoming an integral part of the nation's soccer landscape. With vast experience in the soccer world, Fútbol de Primera realized there was a need for soccer to be listened to on a substantial market list of stations that match the quality of the games themselves. In a historic move, Fútbol de Primera Radio worked with its affiliates to broaden the landscape beyond AM and talk radio to put soccer on the FM dial music formatted stations as soccer specials. The strategy worked and powerhouse matches over the years have been heard nationally without fail. Fútbol de Primera's most renowned broadcasts include the 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup. Other broadcasts include the Mexico national team games, CONCACAF World Cup Qualification and a record eight consecutive

s. In 1991, Fútbol de Primera created the Fútbol de Primera Player of the Year which for twenty years was sponsored by the

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. This award recognizes the best

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player as voted by the U.S. media. FDP also produces "Casos y Cosas de Collins" a one-hour weekly show hosted by renowned Mexican journalist and author

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Game Broadcasts

* Copa Mundial de FIFA ( 2002-present) * Copa FIFA Confederaciones ( 2003-present) * CONCACAF FIFA World Cup Qualifiers * Copa Mundial de Futsal de FIFA * Mundial de Clubes de FIFA * CONCACAF Copa Oro * Copa América * Mexico national football team * Copa Africana de Naciones * Copa de la Liga de Inglaterra (EFL Cup) * Copa de Alemania (DFB-Pokal/German Cup) *''Juego de la Semana'' (Spanish: ''Game of the Week''): **

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** Ligue 1 **

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Broadcast Team

Fútbol de Primera has a core broadcast team that is part of the daily show. *Sammy Sadovnik *Rosa Beatriz Sánchez *Jaime Gallardo *Daniel Chapela *Carlos Aranzamendi (Correspondent in El Salvador) *Enrique "Kike" Lanza (Correspondent in Honduras) *Aldo Lara (Correspondent in Guadalajara) *René Fernández (Correspondent in Monterrey) *Mauricio Acosta (Correspondent in

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) *David Ruiz (Correspondent in

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) For World Cups, Fútbol de Primera recruits former soccer players, coaches, and savants to their show. With so many personalities, Fútbol de Primera's show can be considered one of the most knowledgeable panels in Latin American soccer. The following have been a part of Fútbol de Primera's broadcast team at World Cups. Equipo Mundialista 2010

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* Manuel Sol * Eduardo de la Torre *

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* Steve Sampson *

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* Aníbal "Maño" Ruiz *Edgardo Broner *Eugenio Díaz *Kevin Rodríguez *Ernesto Barrera *Mariano Closs

Stations

The following are the 115 affiliated stations where Fútbol de Primera's broadcasts such as the daily show and matches can be heard Albuquerque-Santa Fe, New Mexico * 105.9 FM Jose Atlanta, Georgia * 1600 AM La Mejor * 1460 AM La Mejor * 1130 AM La Mejor Atlantic City, New Jersey * 97.3 FM

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(World Cup and Gold Cup broadcasts only) Amarillo, Texas * 96.1 FM KBEX La Poderosa * 87.7 FM KBEX-LP La Poderosa * 105.1 FM KAMT-FM Austin, Texas * 97.1

KTXX-FM KTXX-FM (104.9 MHz, "The Horn") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Bee Cave, Texas, and serving the Greater Austin radio market. The station broadcasts a sports radio format and is owned by Genuine Austin Radio. KTXX-FM's transmitte ...

HD2 Fiesta FM Bakersfield, California * 94.9 FM KXTT La Mejor Barstow, California * 97.5 FM

KLYY KLYY (97.5 MHz, "José 97.5") is a commercial FM radio station located in Riverside, California, broadcasting to the Inland Empire, Greater Los Angeles areas. KLYY airs a Spanish adult hits music format. It operates from studios in Los Angeles ...

Jose * 95.9 FM KXXZ El Portal Baton Rouge, Louisiana * 105.5 FM Tropical Bend, Oregon * 1240 AM La Bronca Boise, Idaho * 101.9 FM La Gran D Chicago, Illinois * 1590 AM WCGO 1590 AM * 107.9 FM La Ley Colorado Springs-Pueblo, Colorado * 92.1 FM Jose Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas * 87.7 FM La Mexicana Denver-Boulder, Colorado * 92.1 FM Jose * 1150 AM Onda 1150 El Centro-Yuma, California * 94.5 FM Jose El Paso, Texas * 94.7 FM

KYSE KYSE (94.7 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station in El Paso, Texas. It airs the "La Tricolor" Regional Mexican radio format from its owner, Entravision Communications. (Tricolor refers to the three colors on the flag of Mexico.) The studio a ...

El Gato * 1650 AM KSVE Jose Eugene, Oregon * 880 AM La Campeona Fayetteville, Arkansas * 95.7 FM La Zeta Fresno-Visalia, California * 1600 AM

KGST KGST (1600 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Fresno, California, broadcasting an ethnic radio format. It is owned by Lotus Communications with studios on East Olive Avenue in Fresno. The station uses a brokered programming plan, with sh ...

1600 AM * 101.9 FM KLBN * 107.1 FM KHIT-FM Greensboro, North Carolina * 1590 AM Que Pasa Radio * 1380 AM Que Pasa Radio * 1040 AM Que Pasa Radio Greenville, South Carolina * 1260 AM WPJF 1260 AM * 1580 AM La Poderosa Hartford-New Haven, Connecticut * 840 AM La Gigante Houston-Galveston, Texas * 850 AM

KEYH KEYH (850 AM broadcasting, AM) is a commercial radio, commercial radio station in Houston, Houston, Texas, under Special Temporary Authority from the Federal Communications Commission to broadcast at 100 watts from a temporary longwire antenna, on ...

La Ranchera * 96.9 FM La Bonita Indianapolis, Indiana * 810 AM La Joya 810 AM * 107.1 FM Radio Latina Knoxville, Tennessee * 93.5 FM La Lider 93.5 Lakeland, Florida * 1460 AM La X Las Vegas, Nevada * 92.7 FM Maria Lillington, North Carolina * 1370 AM WLLN 1370 AM Little Rock, Arkansas * 106.3 FM La Zeta Los Angeles, California * 97.5 FM

Jose * 103.1 FM KDLD El Gato Lubbock, Texas * 1460 AM KBZO Jose McAllen-Brownsville, Texas * 101.1 FM KNVO-FM Jose Memphis, Tennessee * 1030 AM Radio Ambiente Caliente Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Florida * 1020 AM Actualidad 1020 Minneapolis, Minnesota * 1530 AM La Picosa Monett, Missouri * 97.7 FM La M Grande Nashville, Tennessee * 1240 AM Activa New Orleans, Louisiana * 1540 AM-105.7 FM Tropical New York, New York/Paterson, New Jersey *

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1380 (New York City) * WPAT 930 (Paterson, New Jersey) *

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93.1 ''Amor 93'' (Paterson, New Jersey) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma * 1460 AM La Tremenda Orlando-Daytona Beach, Florida * 1340 AM Onda Mexicana Oxnard, California * 910 AM KOXR La Mexicana Palm Springs, California * 97.5 FM

Jose * 94.7 FM KLOB Jose Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * 1590 AM Phoenix, Arizona * 710 AM

KBMB KBMB (710 AM) is a radio station licensed to Black Canyon City, Arizona. Owned by Entravision Communications, it broadcasts a Spanish-language Sports format. History KUET went on the air November 23, 1981. The first station for Black Canyo ...

* 107.1 FM

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Jose * 106.9 FM

KDVA KDVA (106.9 FM, "La Suavecita 106.9") is a radio station licensed to serve Buckeye, Arizona. The station is owned by Entravision Communications and licensed to Entravision Holdings, LLC. It airs a Spanish language Adult Hits music format. Its ...

Jose * 1190 AM KNUV Onda 1190 Ponce, Puerto Rico * WPAB 550 AM Portland, Oregon * 880 AM La Campeona Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina * 1310 AM La Mega Rankin, Texas * 93.7 FM KXFS Reidsville, North Carolina * 1220 AM Que Pasa Radio Reno, Nevada * 102.1 FM Tricolor Richmond, Virginia * 1480 AM La X * 1320 AM Selecta 1320 Sacto-Stockton-Modesto, California * 104.3 FM

KXSE KXSE (104.3 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Davis, California, and serving the Sacramento metropolitan area. The station airs a Spanish-language adult hits radio format, one of the stations in "La Suavecita" radio network. T ...

Jose * 97.1 FM KTSE-FM Jose * 1690 AM KFSG Saint George, Utah * 101.1 FM Stereo Unica Salinas, Monterey, Santa Cruz, California * 107.1 FM Jose Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo, Utah * 1600 AM KTUB Juan San Diego, California * 1040 AM San Francisco-San Jose, California * 93.3 FM

KRZZ KRZZ (93.3 FM) is a commercial radio station located in San Francisco, California, broadcasting to the San Francisco Bay Area. KRZZ airs a regional Mexican music format branded as "La Raza". The station's studios are located in San Jose just ...

La Raza * 1370 AM

KZSF KZSF (1370 AM) is a broadcast radio station in the United States. Licensed to San Jose, California, KZSF serves the San Francisco Bay Area and has a regional Mexican music format branded "La Kaliente 1370 AM." The station has been owned by Carlo ...

La Kaliente Sta Barbara, California * 1250 AM

KZER KZER (1250 AM, "Radio Lazer") is a commercial radio station located in Santa Barbara, California. Owned by Lazer Broadcasting, the station airs a regional Mexican music format. KZER is simulcast on FM translator K293CK (106.5 FM) in Santa Ba ...

Radio Lazer Santa Maria, California * 1480 AM KSBQ La Mexicana Santa Rosa, California * 104.1 FM KJOR La Mejor Seattle-Tacoma, Washington * 1210 AM Latino Tampa-St Petersburg, Florida * 1550 AM La Ley Tucson, Arizona * 990 AM

KTKT KTKT (990 AM) – branded ''La Buena 94.3'' – is a commercial Spanish language adult hits radio station licensed to serve Tucson, Arizona. Owned by Lotus Communications, the covers the Tucson metropolitan area and Southern Arizona. The ...

990 AM Twin Falls, Idaho * 970 AM La Fantastica Vineland, New Jersey * 1440 AM Radio Exitos Washington, DC * 87.7 FM La Nueva * 900 AM "America 900" (during World Cup 2018) West Palm Beach, Florida * 1040 AM Actualidad Yakima, Washington * 96.9 FM-97.9 FM-95.9 FM La Gran D

References

External links

Official site
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